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Thursday, April 30, 2015

This has been said elsewhere, but the impressive thing about
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is how writer/director Joss
Whedon takes a story that is absolutely packed with superheroes and stories and
action, and never lets it get weighed down. This could have easily devolved
into a rambling, incoherent, 141-minute long mess, but Whedon is able give each
of these notable characters their moment to shine and imbue them with
legitimate emotional weight. It’s a delicate juggling act in the midst of
nearly nonstop action, and is a huge reason why Age of
Ultron is another in a long line of massive, exciting, fun movies
from the comic book studio.

Tom Hardy has played a Batman villain, a notorious inmate,
and gangsters of all stripes, not to mention Mad fuckin’ Max. In Brian
Hegeland’s upcoming Legend, he doubles down, playing the
real life crime boss twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. Check out this dual role in
this new Legendtrailer after the jump.

The Kray Twins were a pair of identical brothers who ran
organized crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and ‘60s at the head
of their gang The Firm. Not only were they vicious gangsters, but in addition
to armed robbery, racketeering, murder, and the usual gangster shit, they also
hobnobbed with celebrities in the nightclubs they owned, rubbing elbows with
the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and various politicians.

In all likelihood, Ronnie was an undiagnosed paranoid
schizophrenic, and Legend purports to show them try to
maintain a grip on their empire as pressure squeezes them from all sides. They
face power struggles, general madness, and, of course, a woman comes between
them, all of which led to their ultimate downfall. I can’t wait to see Tom Hardy in
this double role. What can I say, the dude looks awesome in a ‘60s style suit
with a sharp period hairdo.

Legend also stars Emily
Browning, Christopher Eccleston, David Thewlis, Chazz Palminteri,
and Taron Egerton, and hits theaters in the U.K. on September 11. There’s
currently no word on a U.S. release, but Universal is handling the release, so
hopefully we’ll hear something soon.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

You know whether or not you want to watch a movie called
Dude Bro Party Massacre 3, and odds are, if you’re reading
this, you think it’s going to be a damn good time. We’ve seen a number of
trailers and posters already, but now we’ve got a “family friendly” version,
though, admittedly, your family probably needs to have a degree of appreciation
for blood spatter.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

My reaction to Mad Max: Fury Road is gut
level and primal. I can’t see a TV spot, photo of a car, or poster without giggling
like a mindless chimp. That, of course, extends to this new and purportedly
“final” trailer for George Miller’s upcoming return to the post-apocalyptic
wastes. Check it out after the jump.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Sono Sion is a madman, and a prolific one to boot. The
Japanese auteur of crazy has no less than six movies set to drop this year, one
of which is Tag, which, as you can see in this bananas new
trailer, is not particularly nice to Japanese school girls.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

If you’re familiar with this site, you’ve probably heard us
talk about Dude Bro Party Massacre 3, the upcoming send up
of ‘80s slasher joint. We’re pretty stoked for it around these parts, and this
new poster is a sight to behold and perfectly captures the apparent spirit of
the film. Check it out after the jump.

When you think of the Cannes Film Festival, you generally
think of the prestigious international pictures we’ll be talking about over the
next year. That’s a bit different this time around as George Miller’s
Mad Max: Fury Road will premiere at the 2015 fest. But the
strangest, most hair-singeing film promises to be Takashi Miike’s
Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld, and this
new trailer shows off a movie that’s even more bizarre than the title
indicates.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Cards on the table, I’ve never been a huge
Fantastic Four fan, either in comic book or movie form
(okay, the low-budget Roger Corman version is certainly a sight to behold), so
I’ve been solidly on the fence about Josh Trank’s upcoming version. Still not
entirely sold, this new trailer that just dropped is the best thing we’ve seen
from the film thus far.

Even if that first Jurassic World clip left
you meh (or pissed you off like Joss Whedon), it’s still one of our most
anticipated of the summer, primarily because no matter what else, there are
going to be big ass monster dinosaurs chowing down on sunburned tourists. That
sounds like a fun time from where we sit. To remind you just how terrifying
they’re going to be, the movie released two new posters that drive the point
home.

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Every year, a few films come out of Sundance with a lot of
hype behind them, and this year Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope is one
that caused a ruckus in Park City. The story of ‘90s hip hop obsessed nerds who
play in a punk band trying to make it through daily life in the hood looks
hilarious and heartfelt and like a total blast. Check out the new trailer
below.

This wasn’t supposed to drop until Monday, but in the wake
of a shitty cell phone video version that hit the other day, Warner Bros.
decided to officially release an HD version of the first teaser trailer for
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Check it out below, it’s
a damn good time.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

I’m just going to go ahead and leave this new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer right here. Right now I don’t feel
like writing about it (I’ve already done that here and here today if you’re
interested in my thoughts), and there’s nothing I can say that will replicate
watching it five or ten times. So go ahead and do that, it’ll be better than
whatever you’re doing right now, I promise.

Everything eventually gets its own movie. There are films
about every niche subculture you can name, every type of fandom has been
documented and dramatized, and every technological advancement inspires a slew
of stories to go along with it. Unfriended, the new horror
movie from low-budget genre masters Blumhouse Productions, tells it’s tale
entirely via social media, hitting all the touchstones, like Facebook,
Instagram, Skype, Snapchat, and more. While that sounds terrible, like a
what-the-hell-are-they-thinking kind of concept, they actually almost pull it
off. Unfriended is almost a good movie, which in itself is a
feat.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

It’s been 30 years since the last Mad Max
movie, and if you somehow forgot that, or it’s just been a while since you’ve
revisited the original trilogy, director George Miller and company are back
with another trailer for the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road
that pays homage to what came before. But don’t fret, it’s still batshit crazy
and full of a grip of cool new footage.

The incredibly titled Dude Bro Party Massacre3 is already the early frontrunner for my favorite movie of 2015, but
what about things like prestigious end-of-the-year awards? It’s never too early
to start campaigning, and in that spirit, the folks as 5-Second Films have
released this “For Your Consideration” video for their upcoming horror feature.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Since word one, we’ve heard that Terminator: Genisys will tinker with the franchise timeline. We’ve seen bits and
pieces of this in the various TV spots and trailers, but this latest gives you
your best taste of exactly how big these changes are going to be.

There's been so much focus on Avengers: Age of Ultron lately, and rightfully so, but it's overshadowed the other
Marvel movie coming this summer, the Paul Rudd-starring
Ant-Man. The promo push for that has finally started in
earnest, however, kicking off with this new trailer.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Chainsaws, creepy manors, hitchhiking serial killers. That
sounds like the makings of a pretty good time to us, and that’s exactly what the
new horror joint Bastard is made of. The creepy, low-budget
slasher throwback is looking for distribution, but hopefully someone out there
will check out this new trailer and pick it up.

Mad Max: Fury Road is just over a month
away, and every time I think I can’t be more pumped for this, they go and do
something crazy like drop these two new international TV spots and a bunch of
new posters, and it’s like it’s all the first time I’m hearing about this all
over again. So check out all of that and try to contain your drool.

The other day, a strange thing hit the internet, the trailer
for a movie called Dude Bro Party Massacre 3. It’s a
bizarre, campy send up of low-to-no-budget slashers, and has some weirdly
well-known faces in small roles, like Patton Oswalt, Andrew W.K., John Frances
Daley, and Larry King. Yes, Larry King. Now, just a few days later, these
lunatics are back with a brand new red band trailer for you to check out.

Monday, April 6, 2015

Joe Dante, zombies, a bizarre, twisted horror premise? We’re
sold right there. It’s been six years since the mind behind
Gremlins and Small Soldiers has directed
a motion picture (though he’s helmed a number of Hawaii
Five-O episodes, oddly enough), and he’s back with Burying
the Ex, a horror rom-com, which dropped a new trailer today.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Since the beginning, I’ve been as skeptical as anyone about
Marvel and Netflix teaming up for Daredevil. I’m still
gun-shy from the last attempt to adapt my all-time favorite comic, and the
earliest looks didn’t exactly inspire confidence (I’m not as concerned about
the suit as most people, though I’m not not concerned). But as we draw closer
to the April 10 release date, the early reviews have been strong (especially
from sources whose opinions I trust), and the recent promotion, including two
new trailers, has got me stoked for this, at least cautiously so.

Friday, April 3, 2015

It’s hard to talk about Joshua Oppenheimer’s last
documentary, The Act of Killing. I don’t know that I’ve ever
watched another movie with such slack jawed awe. Cameras follow former
Indonesian death squad soldiers responsible for the slaughter of thousands of
people as they reenact their crimes. It’s a surreal and haunting experience,
scarring and powerful, and now it has a companion piece in Oppenheimer’s follow
up The Look of Silence. The film made the rounds at the fall
festivals last year, and now it has a trailer for you to check out if you
missed it.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

There is so much Avengers: Age of Ultron
promo floating around that it’s damn near useless to try to keep up with it
all. That said, this new TV spot is a pretty damn good time. It’s not as epic
or quite as ominous as some of the trailers, but it is funnier than most.

Watching Furious 7, the latest
installment of the adrenaline-fueled Fast & Furious
franchise, you get the distinct impression that, when faced with a creative
choice, the filmmakers paused to ask themselves, “What’s the most insane, over
the top thing we can do here?” And then they went ahead and did that. For a
series of films that, especially over the last few chapters, has been a
continual escalation in physics-defying stunts, Furious 7
takes it to an entirely new level, and the result is a damn lot of fun.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Cult actor Robert Z’Dar passed away Monday night in
Pensacola, Florida due to a heart attack. He was 64.

Many of you may not instantly recognize his name, but if
you’re a fan of badass low-buget action, horror, sci-fi, and exploitation
movies in the ‘80s and ‘90s, odds are you’ll recognize his legendary jaw. From
his 1985 debut in Hellhole, he went on to appear (star might
be a bit of a stretch in most cases) in 121 film and TV titles, including epics
like Soultaker, Samurai Cop, Maniac
Cop, and one of my all time favorite movies, Tango &Cash.